英语词汇“deadly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	deadly
释义	dead·ly I. \ˈdedlē, -li\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English deedlich, deedly, from Old English dēadlīc, from dēad dead + -līc -ly — more at dead 1. obsolete a. : subject to death b. : being in danger of dying : likely to die c. : inanimate 2. : tending to produce death : productive of death < among the Indians, measles, scarlatina, and whooping cough were as deadly as typhus or cholera — Willa Cather > 3. a. : aiming to kill or destroy or involving such an aim < two brave vessels matched in deadly fight — William Wordsworth > : lacking possibility of an amicable solution : implacable < a deadly quarrel > b. : tending to enervate, vitiate, or smother all force, vitality, influence, or activity < the neglect of form … was even deadlier to poetry — Peter Viereck > : extremely pernicious < the deadly effects of malicious gossip > : penetrating, devastating < containing some deadly exposure of human folly or frailty — Daniel George > 4. : characteristic or suggestive of death or the dead < a deadly paleness spread over her features > 5. : marked by great precision : unerring < stories hurled with deadly aim — Green Peyton > 6. : marked by extreme seriousness and single-minded determination < goes in for careermanship in an impassive, deadly sort of way — James Kelly > : notably effective : unfailing < the deadly efficiency of the famed police force > : marked by complete lack of trifling or flippancy < he spoke with deadly seriousness > 7. : very great : complete, extreme < a deadly silence > < a deadly bore > < deadly fear > Synonyms: mortal, lethal, fatal, deathly: deadly applies to anything bound or likely to cause death < so poisonous that the drinking of it is deadly to all but serpents and hippopotami — Llewelyn Powys > < Hands and his companion locked together in deadly wrestle, each with a hand upon the other's throat — R.L.Stevenson > In this sense mortal differs from deadly only in that it may occur somewhat more frequently in retrospect, in reference to situations in which death has occurred < till that young life being smitten in midheaven with mortal cold passed from her — Alfred Tennyson > lethal, the strongest word, indicates that which by its quality or quantity is designed especially to make death certain < the morphia he gave was a full lethal dose, and presently the body on the deck found peace — Nevil Shute > fatal comes between deadly and lethal in inevitability and may refer to other calamities than death < regarding strychnine, toxicology gives us a very wide range as to lethal dosage, depending on the condition and age of the patient. The average fatal dose for an adult is, I should say, two grains, though death has resulted from administrations of one grain — W.H.Wright > < the fatal policy by which the Empire invited its doom while striving to avert it, the policy of matching barbarian against barbarian — J.R.Green > deathly, once a synonym for deadly, is now commonly an intensive meaning “as of death” or “resembling death” < she had a deathly fear of Quintal and with reason — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > II. adverb Etymology: Middle English deedliche, deedly, from Old English dēadlice, from dēadlīc, adjective 1. archaic : in a manner to occasion death : mortally : to death < the groanings of a deadly wounded man — Ezek 30:24 (Authorized Version) > 2. : in an implacable manner : to the death 3. : in a manner or degree produced by or as if produced by death < turned deadly pale > 4. : in a dead manner : as if dead : lifelessly 5. : extremely, excessively < deadly dull >
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